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 More options Sep 7 2008, 5:56 pm
Newsgroups: alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees
From: ho...@boardermail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:56:38 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Sep 7 2008 5:56 pm
Subject: Re: A night game in Tampa and then Seattle the next night?
On Sep 6, 3:15 pm, Dick Waterman <Jinxbl...@aol.com> wrote:

> What kind of crazy scheduling makes a team play a night game in Tampa
> and then take a charter flight across the country to play in Seattle
> the next night? No wonder they looked flat and exhausted because they
> WERE flat and exhausted. They probably reached their Seattle hotel for
> a few hours of sleep when people who going off to work there.

> I blame the Yankee's player rep who should have taken the matter to
> the union with a complaint. I also blame Cashman for not speaking up
> that this was unfair and put his team at a disadvantage.

> At the very least, it was a gesture to help Tampa with their mediocre
> attendance because an afternoon game would have drawn fewer fans than
> another night game.

What is even more outrageous is that when a typical loss results in
1/2 game loss in the standings, the league made it so this loss caused
the Yankees to drop 11 1/2 out of the standings!  Where is the
justice?

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